Curtain rod attaching link



March 24, 1942. E. E. HOLWICK CL IRTAIN R OD ATTACHING LINKS Filed 001:. 10, 1938 Patented Mar. 24, 1942 UNITED STATES OFFICE 2,277,324 CURTAIN ROD ATTACHING LWK.

Earl E. Holwick, Laguna Beach, Calif.

Application October 10, 1938, Serial N 0. 234,108

4 Claims.

This invention relates to curtain rod assemblies, and has for its principal object the production of simple inexpensive means whereby curtain rods of ordinary construction may be removably attached to conventional shade roller brackets thereby eliminating the necessity of marring the surface by nailing additional brackets for supporting said rods.

Another important object is to provide attaching members or links that may easily be permanently secured to existing curtain rods and re movably attached to shade roller brackets,

A further object is to provide a curtain rod with attaching links formed in such a manner as to enable the curtain to extend to the surface of the supporting member and thereby conceal said links, shade roller and brackets.

Another object is to provide elements on the above described attaching links to prevent the possibility of the curtain interfering with the movement of the shade roller. A further object is to provide elements on said links for preventing side movement of the brackets and curtain rod, which would invariably loosen up the fastening means of said brackets.

These and other objects will become apparent from a consideration of the following description and by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part thereof, in which Fig. 1 is a top view of my invention secured to a curtain rod and attached to shade roller brackets.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 3, showing the method of removably attaching a curtain rod to shade roller brackets.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a similar view as that shown in Fig. 3, I

showing the attaching end of the curtain rod removed from the bracket.

Fig. 5 is a side view of one of the conventional shade roller brackets.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the attaching links shown in the preceding views and showing one form of a conventional shank for securing to a curtain rod.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawing, the letter A indicates any usual base on which the supporting members of a shade roller B or curtain rod G, D may be permanently secured. The bracket F and the bracket C are each provided with an inwardly turned plate I3, having apertures l1, through which screws or nails E may be driven to permanently secure the brackets to a supporting base A. The bracket 0 having an opening or aperture l6 adapted to receive the pintle I9 of the shade roller B. The bracket F being provided with a slot l5 for the reception of the spring winding key l8 of the shade roller. As better shown in Figures 3 and 5, the brackets are provided with concave edges and an aperture l4 adjacent the center thereof. To eliminate the necessity of marring the surface by nailing additional brackets to the base to support a curtain rod, I have provided a pair of attaching links as indicated at 2. These attaching links may be used to an advantage, to hang many of the available tubular telescopic curtain rods that have their ends curved or bent at right angles, which enables the rod to extend to a supporting base on each side of the shade roller brackets. As illustrated in Fig. l, the curtain rod is formed of a pair of telescopic sections. The section G being slightly smaller than the section D, so as to enable one section to fit into and slide freely within the other section, and thereby be adjustable for adaptation.

The attaching links 2 which are formed in pairs, that is to say, rights and lefts, as shown in Fig. 1, as being assembled in their respective positions.

As illustrated in Fig. 6, the attaching links 2 are formed to provide a securing arm or shank I2, a spacer plate 9 extending at a right angle from the rear end of the said shank, a bracing member 4 extending forward at a right angle to the spacer plate and parallel to the securing arm, and a resilient finger 5 bent downward from the upper edge of the bracing member to provide a hook or clip which is provided with an outturned lip 1 to facilitate mounting.

The usual shade roller brackets, as shown in Fig. 5, have an opening as indicated by the reference numeral l4, and were designed originally for the purpose of fastening the bracket to the edge of a window casing. As these openings or holes [4 are rarely used for the above mentioned purpose, I have therefore taken advantage of their existence, by providing a projection or barb 6, which extends between the bracing member 4 and the clip 5. This projection may be pressed into the clip or into the bracing member, as shown in Fig. 2. The purpose of the barb, is to engage the opening 14 in the shade roller bracket upon pressing the clip over the said bracket, and thereby firmly hold the link and prevent unintentional disengagement.

To permanently secure the attaching members 2 to the curtain rod, the shanks l2 are inserted and pressed into the tubular ends of the rod sections, whereupon the tapered ends ll of the arms will bend with the curve of the rods and thereby prevent unintentional disengagement. However, other means may be employed to secure the said shanks to or within the ends of curtain rods without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The spacer plate 9 being angularly disposed between the shank l2 and the bracing member 4, is adapted to abut flatly and rest against the base A, to provide Sllfi'lCiBIlt space between the ends of rod and the shade roller brackets, to enable a curtain to extend clear to the wall or base and thereby conceal the curtain rod, the links and the brackets, and to prevent the curtain from interfering with movement of the shade roller.

As shown in Fig. 1, the manner in which the plates 9 extend outward from the bracing members 4 and rest firmly against the base A, it may be seen that the links provide a brace for the shade brackets, thereby preventing side or 1ongitudinal movement of the curtain rod, which would cause the nails or screws holding the brackets to loosen up. The projection, barb or hump l in the clip 6, also aids in preventing side movement of the brackets due to the manner in which the said clip grips on to the bracket and thereby prevents slipping.

It may therefore be seen that I have provided unique, practical and inexpensive curtain rod attaching links of durable construction, that may be easily attached or detached to or from conventional shade roller brackets.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A curtain rod attaching link comprising a clip, a shank, and a base plate intermediate said clip and shank, said clip adapted to removably engage a shade bracket and said shank adapted to be pressed and secured within an opening in the end of a curtain rod of standard construction.

2. An attaching link for curtain rods, comprising a shank, a base plate arranged at right angle from said shank, a bracing member disposed at right angle from said base plate, and a resilient finger extending downwardly from the upper edge of said bracing member to provide a clip, said shank adapted to be secured within the ends of ordinary curtain rods and said clips adapted to engage shade brackets of standard construction and support said rod,

3. A link member for linking a curtain rod to a shade bracket, comprising a shank, a bracing member vertically disposed parallel to said shank, a resilient finger extending downwardly from the upper edge of said member to provide a clip and a projection extending between said member and finger, said shank adapted to be secured Within an end of a curtain rod and said clip adapted to removably engage a shade bracket.

4. A curtain rod attaching link comprising, a shank for securing said link to an end of a curtain rod, a spring clip vertically arranged parallel to said shank for removably engaging a shade bracket and an element extending between said shank and clip to provide a space to enable a curtain to extend between said rod end and shade bracket without interfering with the movement of a shade roller.

EARL E. HOLWICK. 

